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Book Synopsis''Funny, touching and fabulous... a little slice of queer joy'' Julie Cohen, author of Together
''Hilarious, tender, raw, and heart-stoppingly moving'' Amanda Eyre Ward, author of The Jetsetters
*Don''t miss the unflinchingly honest, wickedly funny debut from Henry Fry - coming soon!*
Danny Scudd is absolutely fine.
At twenty-seven his life isn''t exactly awful - he''s escaped his parents'' tiny fish and chip shop for a ''proper'' writing job in London, his beloved collection of house plants are thriving and he''s just celebrated his first anniversary with his boyfriend Tobbs.
But Danny''s life is thrown into chaos when he discovers at an STI clinic that Tobbs might be cheating on him. And then he - and his plants - are unceremoniously evicted from his London flat. So, he''s forced to move in with his best friend Jacob, a flamboyant non-binary artiste who Danny''s known since childhood, and their eccentric gr
Trade ReviewHenry Fry's
First Time for Everything is a hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-queer novel about Danny Scudd, an anxiety-riddled gay man in his late 20s who's trying to learn how to shed the mask he donned for straight society. From the first sentence about Danny's balls being fondled to the countless pop culture references of
Grey Gardens, Dolly Parton, and
RuPaul's Drag Race, this novel felt like hanging out with one of my queer besties. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who's ever felt like they didn't belong. * Celia Laskey *
